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Evidence and equipment shed to be built from drug money

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July 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A nearly $348,000, 7,200-square foot metal shed will be built near the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office once Missouri River floodwaters recede. The shed, which will hold equipment and large evidence from criminal cases, is being funded through money forfeited and seized during traffic stops involving drugs. The building also will house a number of specialized trailers the Sheriff’s Office has gained over the years, including a bomb squad trailer.

The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors voted last week to sign a contract with Andersen Construction to build a $347,820 shed behind an existing shed north of the Sheriff’s Office. Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney Maggie Reyes said that while the contract has been signed, construction is not likely to begin until after the threat of flooding has subsided, and is expected to take less than 180-days.

Sheriff Jeff Danker said the price of the project includes tree removal, running electricity to the site, architectural work, permits, concrete work, grading and the building itself. He says also, that his department needs the added storage.

He cited as an example, a large burglary arrest made in 200, which resulted in his office renting storage units to hold the seized property.

2011 H.S. Baseball Tournament Scores from Sat., July 9

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July 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

  • Shenandoah 8, Griswold 4
  • Audubon 11, IKM-Manning 6
  • Tri-Center 9, Underwood 3
  • St. Albert 6, Treynor 5 (8 inn.)
  • Logan-Magnolia 14, Missouri Valley 1 (5 inn)
  • Mount Ayr 12, Nodaway Valley 2 (5 innings)
  • Clarinda 14, Clarinda Academy 3 (5 inn.)
  • Kuemper Catholic 16, Jefferson-Scranton 6
  • Odebolt-Arthur/B-C-I-G 6, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 5 (8 inn.)
  • West Central Valley 12, Woodward-Granger 8
  • Van Meter 8, Panorama 3

2011 REGIONAL SOFTBALL SCORES from Saturday, July 9th

Sports

July 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Class 3A Quarter Finals

  • Glenwood 6, Atlantic 1 (see details below)
  • ADM 10, Perry 0
  • Carroll 13, Storm Lake 1 (4)
  • Creston 9, Red Oak 1
  • Harlan 8, Denison-Schleswig 4

Class 4A Quarter Finals

  • CB Abraham Lincoln 13, CB Thomas Jefferson 0  (3)
  • Des Moines Roosevelt 5, Lewis Central 1

Glenwood 6, Atlantic 1 (Region Softball @ Glenwood)

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
GLEN 2  1  2  0  0  0  1  6  9  2
ATL   0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  5  1

WP-Molly Bryan  LP- Katie Groves
Katie’s line… Runs 6, Earned Runs 6, hits 9, BB 1, HBP 1, Ks 4

Atlantic’s highlight…
7th- Katie Groves led off the inning with a single (Maren McNees enters as
CR).  McNees moved to second on FC hit by Bre VonWehye and to third on a
FC hit by Leah Tjepkes and scored on a single hit by ReAnn Cappel.

Comments by Coach Hinzmann…
“We really struggled early with Molly Bryan’s rise pitch.  We worked on it
the last couple days in practice but its a whole different thing getting
in the batters box and facing her for real.  Our defense did a great job
again tonight, the only error we had was trying to throw a runner out at
first from the outfield.  Unfortunately, Glenwood just hit the ball
tonight.  Katie did a good job making her pitches, but sometime you just
have to credit the other team for hitting well and that was certainly the
case tonight.  I was pleased that the girls fought back in the late
innings.  It would have been easy to just ‘go through the motions’ down
5-0 then 6-0 late in the game, but they didn’t.  We put girls on base and
threatened to score more runs but just couldn’t come up with a big hit.”

 

 

No jackpot winner in Powerball game

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July 10th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were:

01-09-11-23-31

Powerball: 6

Power Play: 3

Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $36 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $48 million for Wednesday.

Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $200,000 each, and there were ten of those. They were sold in: Arizona(2), Colorado(1), Georgia(1), Louisiana(1), Michigan(1), New Mexico(1), New York(2) and Wisconsin(1).

There were two Power Play Match 5 winners in Colorado(1) and North Carolina(1).

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Hot Lotto” game were:

01-10-16-24-39, Hot Ball: 16

Estimated jackpot: $1.2 million

Cards’ La Russa turns in incorrect lineup card

Sports

July 9th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa mistakenly turned in a lineup card with the wrong catcher on it Friday night, burning All-Star Yadier Molina from his bench. La Russa had planned on giving Molina a day off and starting Gerald Laird, who was activated off the 15-day disabled list earlier in the week, but the lineup card he submitted to umpires had Molina playing.

After the top half of the first inning, Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson notified umpires, and the result was that Molina had been substituted for. La Russa said Saturday he’d been distracted when writing out the card but that there was no excuse.

Crash closes I-80 WB ramp at Hwy 25 (update 7-11-11, 8:30 am)

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July 9th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

This was all that remained of the trailer Sunday morning.

In an update to a story we first brought over the weekend, the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says a fire along Interstate 80 in Adair County destroyed a semi-trailer loaded with metal pieces, jalapeno cheese, and pretzels, Saturday afternoon.  Contrary to a report from the Iowa DOT, the fire was not the result of an accident, but it’s not clear how it started.

The blaze occurred just east of the westbound I-80 exit-ramp at Exit 86 (Hwy 25), two-miles west of Menlo. A detour was established while the wreck was being cleared up. The incident happened at around 3:42-p.m.  

The interstate was reopened just after 5:45-p.m., but the fire in the trailer apparently flared-up again at around 6:40-p.m., according to dispatchers, who received several 9-1-1 calls. Fire crews were once again dispatched to extinguished the blaze.

No injuries were reported. The remains of the burned out trailer were still on the shoulder of the interstate early Sunday morning, but were gone by mid-day, as crews worked through the morning to remove the debris. The only indication a fire had taken place Sunday afternoon, was a large section of scorched pavement.

Fremont County arrest report

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July 9th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests over the past week. On Monday, 24-year old Jacob Michael Gandy, of Overland Park, KS, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension, and Failure to Obey a Stop Sign.

And, 25-year old Joel Nathaniel Sims, of Harlan, was arrested Monday, on a Fremont County warrant issued in November, 2010, for Failure To Appear/Contempt of Court. Sims was originally arrested in October 2010, on: 2nd offense OWI; Interference with Official Acts; Driving While Suspended; and, Failure to Maintain Control, charges.

The Sheriff’s Office says also, 25-year old Justin Michael Evans, of Sidney, was arrested July 5th, for Probation Violation.

MICHAEL J. BLUM, 81, of Harlan (svcs 7-11-11)

Obituaries

July 9th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

MICHAEL J. BLUM, 81, of Harlan, died Fri., July 8th, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial service for MICHAEL BLUM will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., July 11th, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation will take place at the funeral home from Noon until 9-pm on Sun. (7/10), where the family will greet friends from 4-8pm, a Rosary is at 3:30-pm, & a Wake service begins at 7-p.m.

Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery.

MICHAEL BLUM is survived by:

His sons – Bob (Nancy) Blum, of Malvern; Mike (Cindy) Blum, of Harlan; Rick (Michelle) Blum, of Beatrice, NE; Tom (Becky) Blum, of Grimes; & Dave (Chris) Blum, of Glenwood.

His daughters – Diane (Tom) Garrison, of Omaha; & Julie (Larry) Anderson, of Red Oak.

20 grandchildren,  & 5 great-grandchildren

Experts expect more Missouri River levee failures

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July 9th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Experts say more Missouri River levees are likely to fail throughout the summer because months of high water will put tremendous pressure on the system. Older, rural levees are especially at risk because they’re likely to be shorter and less well-built than levees protecting urban areas.

Missouri University of Science and Technology professor David Rogers says most of the levees along the Missouri River are agricultural ones that weren’t engineered to withstand flooding. So far, most levees have held along the 811 miles the Missouri travels from the last dam in South Dakota to its confluence with the Mississippi River near St. Louis.

But with every additional day of high water, the levees are more likely to develop problems.

Iowa-Nebraska bridge will remain closed longer

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July 9th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

ONAWA, Iowa (AP) – A key bridge over the Missouri River linking northwest Iowa with northeast Nebraska will remain closed longer than expected because of damage to the eastern base of the bridge. The Iowa Transportation Department says about 250 feet of the eastern embankment near the Highway 175 bridge has become unstable because of the force of the river and the bridge abutment has been exposed.

Officials said Friday the original flood mitigation plan had to be scrapped, so the bridge between Onawa, Iowa, and Decatur, Neb., will remain closed for a longer period. For people who live on one side of the bridge but work on the other, the bridge closure has significantly lengthened their commute.

What had been a ten-minute trip might take an hour or more now.